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{{process
|process_official_title=Naturalisation of expatriates residing abroad
|process_alternative_titles=Naturalisation of expatriates residing abroad (Article 10 of Law 3284/2004)
|process_description=The scope of Article 10 of Law 3284/2004 includes expatriate foreigners who reside abroad and wish to acquire Greek nationality through naturalisation.
Consequently, the fundamental attribute of the entitled persons belonging to this category is their indisputable national origin (as a formal condition) in conjunction with the establishment of their national consciousness (an essential condition), attributes which are cumulatively verified by the competent consular authorities during two separate stages.
|process_org_owner_is_private=No
|process_org_owner=46278
|process_provision_org_owner_directory=997702
|process_provision_org_group=3777
|process_provision_org_directory=Central Directorate of Nationality
|process_output_registries=430853, 285779
|process_estimated_implementation_duration_max=P18M
|process_evidence_identification_type=Identification document
|process_type=Outgoing
|process_trigger=Applied for
|process_trigger_type=Public service / public body document
|process_usage=Supporting document
|process_output_type=Decision
|process_source=Framers, SDG
|process_provided_to=Expatriates,Nationals living abroad
|process_tax_type=Applications,Approvals,Decisions,Registries
|process_life_events=Citizen’s identity information and identification documents, Citizens of other States
|process_sdg_resource=Judicial redress
|process_sdg_notes=Rejection of a naturalisation application is contested by means of an application for annulment filed with the locally competent Administrative Court of Appeal. (Article 7(7) of the Greek Nationality Code, Law 3284/2004, Government Gazette, Series I, No 217).
|process_total_duration_steps_min=38967600
|process_total_duration_steps_max=57025800
|process_cost_min=130.00
|process_cost_max=130.00
|process_evidence_cost_guarantee=0
|process_evidence_cost_total_number=0
|process_evidence_ex_officio_total_number=2
|process_evidence_alternative_total_number=1
|process_evidence_prerequisite_total_number=0
|process_evidence_total_number=8
|process_evidence_step_total_number=0
|process_evidence_step_digital_total_number=0
|process_sdg_codes=D5
|process_application_type=Application
|process_application_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (exclusively in person)
|process_application_owner=Persons
|process_application_description=Application for naturalisation
|process_application_related_url=https://shorturl.at/sFMR3
|process_application_note=The application for naturalisation must be submitted to the competent consular authority (determined on the basis of the interested partys place of domicile) and is deemed admissible if filled out using Greek characters and bearing a recent colour photograph with the seal of the consular authority. It is stressed that, when filing out the application form, the applicants name must fully match the information indicated in the translations of the other supporting documents submitted. Particular attention must be paid to filling out all information concerning the applicant’s national origin, as these are the most crucial parts of the application for naturalisation.
|process_estimated_implementation_duration=P1Y6M
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=1
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Age
|process_conditions_name=The applicant must be an adult.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=2
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Citizenship
|process_conditions_name=The applicant must be a foreign national of proven Greek origin.
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{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=3
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Establishment
|process_conditions_name=The applicant must reside within the territorial jurisdiction of the consular authority with which the application is filed.
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{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=4
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Administrative
|process_conditions_name=Consul report: provided that the applicant’s Greek origin has been certified, the Consul issues an opinion on whether the applicant’s Greek origin meets the substantive requirements, by substantiating the applicant’s expatriate status, taking account of their knowledge in key thematic units concerning Greece and the their level of national consciousness, thus establishing the applicant’s genuine interest in acquiring Greek nationality.
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{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=5
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Other
|process_conditions_name=The existence of a Greek conscience must be established in the interested party.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=6
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Conditions for non-commission of criminal offenses
|process_conditions_name=The applicant must not have been irrevocably convicted of an offence committed with dolus, during the last 10 years prior to date the application for naturalisation was filed, to serve a custodial sentence of at least 1 year or at least 6 months and, irrespective of the date of conviction, for crimes of offences against the insulting the system of government, treason against Greece, intentional manslaughter and grievous bodily harm, crimes related to drug trafficking, money laundering, international economic crimes, crimes involving the use of high technology, currency-related crimes, crimes related to child trafficking, child prostitution and child pornography (Law 3625/2007 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 290), crimes of establishment of or membership in a criminal organisation within the meaning of Article 187 of the Penal Code and offences under Article 187A of the Penal Code, resistance against the authorities, child abduction, crimes against sexual freedom and exploitation of sexual life, theft, robbery, fraud, misappropriation, extortion, usury, violation of the law on intermediaries, forgery, false certificate, swearing to a false certificate, slander, smuggling, crimes relating to weapons, antiquities, trafficking of migrants lacking a residence permit in Greece or facilitating their transport or trafficking or providing accommodation to such persons for concealment.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=7
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Administrative
|process_conditions_name=There are no grounds of public policy or public security for rejecting the application.
}}
{{process evidences cost
|process_evidence_cost_num_id=1
|process_evidence_cost_alternative=No
|process_evidence_cost_type=Administrative Fee (not provided by e-paravolo webpage)
|process_evidence_cost_calculation=One-off
|process_evidence_cost_description=EUR 100 fee (either for an initial application or for re-submission following rejection). Payable to the consular authority in the form of a triplicate collection bill.
|process_evidence_cost_min=100
|process_evidence_cost_max=100
|process_evidence_cost_payment_type=Bank cashier, Digital (debit / credit card), Digital (web banking)
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{{process evidences cost
|process_evidence_cost_num_id=2
|process_evidence_cost_alternative=No
|process_evidence_cost_type=Impost
|process_evidence_cost_calculation=One-off, Quantitative
|process_evidence_cost_description=This concerns consular acts requiring payment of compensatory consular fees on the basis of Presidential Decree 16/2014 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 24 of 31 January 2014).
|process_evidence_cost_min=30
|process_evidence_cost_max=30
|process_evidence_cost_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20140100024
|process_evidence_cost_payment_type=Bank cashier, Digital (debit / credit card), Digital (web banking)
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=1
|process_evidence_type=9429
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Naturalisation declaration
|process_evidence_note=The naturalisation declaration shall be drawn up by the Consul or an employee of the competent consular authority, authorised by the Consul, in the presence of the interested expatriate and two Greek citizens as witnesses, whose full names and police-issued identity card or Greek passport numbers must be recorded in the naturalisation declaration. It is noted that officials of the consular authority may also serve as witnesses for the purposes of the declaration. The naturalisation declaration bears the round seal of the consulate in question and the date of issue.
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{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=2
|process_evidence_type=2244
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Exact copy of the applicant’s passport
|process_evidence_note=The applicant’s particulars must match the information in their birth certificate.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=3
|process_evidence_type=8619
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=In the case of a birth certificate prepared by foreign authorities, the original document must bear legal certification (Apostille or the corresponding certification of consular authorities in the case of a country that has not ratified the Hague Convention) and be accompanied by an official translation
|process_evidence_note=The naturalisation decision is issued on the basis of the information contained in the translation accompanying the birth certificate. For this reason, it is necessary to produce a birth certificate or other equivalent certificate of the civil registration of the interested partys birth, as provided for in the legislation of their country of origin.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=4
|process_evidence_type=4750
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Criminal record certificate issued by foreign authorities
|process_evidence_note=A recent criminal record certificate presenting the applicants overall criminal record must be issued by the competent authority, at the care of the interested party, and produced by the applicant, duly certified and officially translated.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=5
|process_evidence_type=3798
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Documents and supporting documents proving Greek origin
|process_evidence_note=These include data concerning ancestors registrations (even in old population registers no longer in existence), information on the history of their family, consular registrations, acquisition of Greek nationality by their (blood) relatives and consular passports or by similar local authorities.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=6
|process_evidence_type=8619
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Marriage certificate from a foreign authority
|process_evidence_note=Where the applicant married abroad, an original certificate issued by the competent foreign authority, duly certified (Apostille or the corresponding certification of consular authorities in the case of a country that has not ratified the Hague Convention) and officially translated, must be submitted.
With regard to wives who take the husbands surname after they marry, the marriage certificate must document this change.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=7
|process_evidence_type=8619
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Birth certificate of minor children
|process_evidence_note=Necessary for the municipal registration of the applicants children who are minors and unmarried at the time they take their oath, due to automatic acquisition of Greek nationality under Article 10(4) of Law 3284/2004.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=8
|process_evidence_type=8298
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=One (1) ID-standard colour photograph
|process_evidence_related_process=MyPhoto for citizens
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/en/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/stoikheia-polite-kai-tautopoietika-eggrapha/myphoto-gia-polites
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=9
|process_evidence_type=2244
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=Yes
|process_evidence_alternative_of_selector=2
|process_evidence_alternative_of=2
|process_evidence_description=Exact copy of other proof of identity
|process_evidence_note=This must be accompanied by an official translation if no Latin characters are used. The applicant’s particulars must match the information in their birth certificate.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=10
|process_evidence_type=9224
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=Yes
|process_evidence_alternative_of_selector=3
|process_evidence_alternative_of=3
|process_evidence_submission_type=Ex officio (digital), Ex officio (manual), Submitted by the applicant (digital)
|process_evidence_description=Civil registry birth certificate
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipire...xiarkhike-praxe-genneses
|process_evidence_note=Where the applicant was born in Greece, submission of a civil registry birth certificate, duly prepared by the competent Civil Registry of a Greek municipality, is required.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=11
|process_evidence_type=9665
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=Yes
|process_evidence_alternative_of_selector=6
|process_evidence_alternative_of=6
|process_evidence_submission_type=Ex officio (digital), Ex officio (manual), Submitted by the applicant (digital)
|process_evidence_description=Civil registry marriage certificate
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies...tase/lexiarkhike-praxe-gamou
|process_evidence_note=Where the marriage was conducted in Greece, submission of a civil registry marriage certificate, duly prepared by the competent Civil Registry of a Greek municipality, is required.
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Law
|process_rule_decision_number=3284
|process_rule_decision_year=2004
|process_rule_article=10
|process_rule_description=Article 9: Oath-taking
Article 10: Naturalisation of expatriates residing abroad
Article 11: Acquisition of Greek nationality by children of a naturalised person
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=217
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20040100217
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Law
|process_rule_decision_number=4735
|process_rule_decision_year=2020
|process_rule_article=8,9
|process_rule_description=Article 8: Fee for the naturalisation of expatriates residing abroad – Amendment to Article 10(1) of the Greek Nationality Code
Article 9: Acquisition of Greek nationality by a child of a naturalised person residing in Greece
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=197
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20200100197
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Circular
|process_rule_decision_number=34
|process_rule_decision_year=2014
|process_rule_description=Guidance on the procedure for the naturalisation of foreign expatriates residing abroad – Article 10 of Law 3284/2004
|process_rule_ada=ΒΑΧΞΝ-Κ9Χ
|process_rule_url=https://diavgeia.gov.gr/decision/view/%CE%92%CE%91%CE%A7%CE%9E%CE%9D-%CE%9A9%CE%A7
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=1
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Submission of a naturalisation declaration
|process_step_official=Competent Department
|process_step_co_org=21705
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT10M
|process_step_duration_max=PT15M
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=2
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Submission of and issuance of reference number to an application for naturalisation
|process_step_official=Competent Department
|process_step_co_org=21705
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT10M
|process_step_duration_max=PT15M
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=3
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=File check
|process_step_official=Competent Department
|process_step_co_org=21705
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_description=The completeness of the supporting documents, especially those from which the identity and Greek origin of the applicant arise, as well as their proper validation and translation are checked.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=4
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Interview with the Consul
|process_step_official=Consular Authority
|process_step_co_org=21705
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_description=The Consul conducts an interview with the applicant in order to ascertain their status as an expatriate and that the substantive requirements for naturalisation are met. In particular, the applicant’s knowledge of the Greek language and level of knowledge of Greek history, geography and political institutions are assessed.
|process_step_note=After the interview, the Consul prepares a report.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=5
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Dispatch of the file to the Central Directorate of Nationality of the Ministry of Interior
|process_step_official=Competent Department
|process_step_co_org=21705
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=P3M
|process_step_duration_max=P6M
|process_step_note=All supporting documents are transmitted in their original form.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=6
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Receipt and check of the file
|process_step_official=Competent Department
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_duration_min=P1D
|process_step_duration_max=P4M
|process_step_description=The case receives a reference number and a file number is assigned via the Nationality IIS. The Expatriate Naturalisation Department of the Central Directorate of Nationality checks whether the naturalisation requirements are met.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=7
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Search for additional supporting documents
|process_step_official=Competent Department
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_description=Where the supporting documents submitted are incomplete or have not been submitted in due form, correspondence will take place in order to submit them in accordance with the established procedure.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=8
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Ex officio search on grounds of public policy or national security
|process_step_official=Competent Department
|process_step_co_org=23371
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_description=The competent Expatriate Naturalisation Department submits an online query through the Nationality IIS to the Aliens Division of the Hellenic Police regarding the non-existence of grounds of public order or national security relating to the applicant.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=9
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Preparation of a draft decision
|process_step_official=Competent Department
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_description=Once the file check has been completed and all the required steps have been taken, having considered all the information, a draft decision is drawn up by the competent rapporteur, setting out the full reasons for accepting or rejecting the request.
|process_step_note=Processing times may vary from those estimated depending on the complexity of the case.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=10
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=9
|process_step_previous_child=9
|process_step_title=Signing of the decision accepting the request
|process_step_official=Competent General Director
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_description=The draft decision is signed by all the department officers in the hierarchy. Once all signatures have been placed, a decision accepting the naturalisation request is issued.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=11
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=10
|process_step_previous_child=10
|process_step_title=Preparation of a draft summary
|process_step_official=Responsible Head of Department
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_description=After the decision has been issued, a draft summary is prepared and signed by the rapporteur and the competent Head of the Expatriate Naturalisation Department.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=12
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=11
|process_step_previous_child=11
|process_step_title=Dispatch of summary to the National Printing House for publication
|process_step_official=Competent Department
|process_step_co_org=81717
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_description=A summary of the decision is sent electronically to the National Printing House for publication in the Government Gazette.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=13
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=12
|process_step_previous_child=12
|process_step_title=Naturalisation notice
|process_step_official=Competent Director
|process_step_description=Following publication of the summary in the Government Gazette, the Expatriate Naturalisation Department of the Central Directorate of Nationality will send the naturalisation notice to the competent consular authority, so that the naturalised person can be summoned to take an oath.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=14
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=13
|process_step_previous_child=13
|process_step_title=Summoning the naturalised expatriate to take an oath
|process_step_official=Competent Department
|process_step_co_org=21705
|process_step_duration_min=P1Y
|process_step_duration_max=P1Y
|process_step_description=In accordance with Article 9(1) of Law 3284/2004, Greek nationality is acquired upon taking an oath, which must be done within 1 year of the date of publication of the naturalisation decision in the Government Gazette. Following the oath-taking ceremony, a report is drawn up, accompanied by a solemn declaration by the interested party concerning the Greek municipality with which they wish to register both themselves and any minor children.
|process_step_note=The naturalisation decision shall be revoked if the oath is not taken within the aforesaid one-year deadline. Therefore, it must be proven that the interested party was notified to take the oath in good time and using all appropriate means by the competent consular authority of their place of residence.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=15
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=14
|process_step_previous_child=14
|process_step_title=Notice of acquisition of Greek nationality
|process_step_official=Competent Director
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_description=After receiving the relevant correspondence from the competent consular authority, the Expatriate Naturalisation Department will forward the supporting documents necessary for completing the municipal registration of the interested party and their minor children to the competent municipality.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=16
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=9
|process_step_previous_child=9
|process_step_title=Signing of the decision rejecting the request
|process_step_official=Competent General Director
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_description=If the applicant does not qualify for expatriate status (Greek origin and Greek consciousness) and does not meet the formal and/or substantive requirements for naturalisation, a decision rejecting their application to acquire Greek nationality will be issued.
|process_step_note=It is noted that rejection decisions are not published in the Government Gazette.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=17
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=16
|process_step_previous_child=16
|process_step_title=Notification of rejection decision
|process_step_official=Competent Department
|process_step_description=A copy of the rejection decision is sent by the Expatriate Naturalisation Department to the competent consular authority, which will ensure that the interested party is informed.
}}